Topic of Age-friendly society in

Presentation
Thailand
การนาเสนอแบบโครงการ Kaysorn Sumpowthong
26 June 2023
20.02.23
 Aged society in Thailand

Movement of age-friendly
Today’s Talk society in Thailand

Good practice of age-

friendly activities
What is an age-friendly
world?

“A world in which you would want to grow older.”

“Age-friendly environments (such as in the

home, community) foster healthy and active
ageing by building and maintaining intrinsic
capacity across the life course and enabling
greater functional ability in someone with a given
level of capacity”

https://extranet.who.int/agefriendlyworld/age-friendly-practices/ accessed date 20 June 2023

Age-friendly society
• Age-friendly society means the environment that support older
population in all dimensions especially physical and psychological
aspects.

• WHO mentioned that

• Age-friendly environments foster healthy and active ageing.
• They enable older people
• age safely in a place that is right for them
• Older people are free from poverty;
• continue to develop personally;
• contribute to their communities while retaining autonomy,
health and dignity.
• OP are at the centre of any effort to create a more age-
friendly world.
• Older people know best what they need

https://extranet.who.int/agefriendlyworld/age-friendly-practices/ accessed
date 20 June 2023
Ageing in Thailand: Past, Present and Future
1960 1980 2000

2010 2020 2030

Birth rate Life expectancy increased

decreased
Source:
Estimated Thai
population 1970- 2030.
Office of the National
Economic and Social
Development Board,
Thailand
 Statistics on older • Total population of person aged 60 and above
population in Thailand 12,116,199
(18.3%)
reported in 2022

Group Total no. Percentage Males Females Thailand has become a

“complete aged society” in
Age 60-69 6,843,300 56.5 % 3,123,517 3,719,783 2022 when at least 20% of the
population is aged 60 years or
Age 70-79 3,522,778 29.1% 1,533,642 1,989,136
older.
Age 80 and 1,750,121 14.4% 682,451 7,067,670
above

http://stat.bora.dopa.go.th/new accessed date 15 June 2023

Global policy on ageing
The International Plan of Action on Ageing adopted at the first World
Assembly on Ageing in Vienna, Austria in 1982
1) Health and Nutrition
2) Production of elderly consumers
3) Housing and Environment
4) Family
5) Social Welfare
6) Education

The 2nd World Assembly on Ageing in 2002, the Madrid

International Plan of Action on Ageing : MIPAA

1. Older Persons and Development

2. Advancing Health and Well – being into Old Age
3. Ensuring Enabling and Supportive Environment
Asia-Pacific Report on Population Ageing 2022
• ESCAP, one of the five regional commissions of the United Nation,
produced the Asia-Pacific Report on Population Ageing 2022 Trends,
policies and good practices regarding older persons and population
ageing. Three domains were proposed.
❑Older persons are development actors
❑Healthy ageing is a must
❑Ensuring enabling and supportive environments
Age-friendly Society
In an age-friendly city, policies, services, settings and structures support and
enable people to age actively by:
• recognizing the wide range of capacities and resources among older
people;
• anticipating and responding flexibly to ageing-related needs and
preferences
• respecting their decisions and lifestyle choices
• protecting those who are most vulnerable
• promoting their inclusion in and contribution to all areas of community life.
protecting those who are most vulnerable
• promoting their inclusion in and contribution to all areas of community
life.
Important messages about age-friendly
society
• An age-friendly society is not just “elderly friendly” but also for
disabled people, children and women.
• To build barrier-free buildings and streets enhance the mobility and
independence of people with disabilities, the young as well as old.
• Secure neighborhoods allow children, younger women and older
people to venture outside in confidence to participate in physically
active leisure and in social activities.

“Age-friendly society can benefit to all”

 Examples of the city aligning with the Age friendly city
model by WHO.
Age friendly
city areas
https://extranet.who.int/agefriendlyworld/age-friendly-
practices
/ accessed date 20 June 2023

Kok Kha Municipality, Lumpang, Thaiand Young Happy: Social enterprise

with mobile application
“The livable and impressive city including
economic, social , political ,and environment That serves as a purposeful and
by community participation for all” happy community for seniors

Government policy, programs and services

Good practices on age-friendly society in Thailand: Kok-Kha Municipality ,
Lumpang
Age-friendly @KokKha
Lumpang Province

Penpak, 2022
Young Happy Platform: Happy community for
seniors (Aged 55 yrs. and older)

Empowerment

Life-long
learning

Participation

https://www.younghappy.com/about accessed date 22 June 2023

 Activities have been carried out
by YOUNG HAPPY
Impact Values
Covered:
❑60,000 members For seniors
❑ Empower and add life experiences
❑800 events & activities ❑ More choices and good choices for good
❑74 Provinces in Thailand services and senior items

For Business
Awards and Grants Brand experience
Brand / product awareness
Brand / product engagement
Brand / product image

https://www.younghappy.com/about accessed date 22 June 2023


Conclusions
https://www.younghappy.com/ab
out accessed date 22 June 2023
1. Thailand has promoted active ageing and age-friendly
policy and practices by adopting Vienna International
Plan of Action, MIPAA and WHO Global Age-friendly
guideline
2. Social enterprise and local government organization
seem to be a leader to support age-friendly society in
Thailand
3. Technology and digital platform are widely utilized
across country.
4. The late adult group is dramatically interested in
preparing for ageing
5. Although age-friendly environment in urban and rural
areas are using the same concept but it is different in
terms of infrastructure, people need and lifestyle.
6. Government need to pay more attention in
supporting business and social enterprise to get more
involve in this task.
7. Public transport, one important facility for age-
friendly society, needs more improvement in Thailand
in terms of accessibility, transport driver, priority seat,
safety and comfort and so on.
Thank you for attention